Comical Coons
by Kemble, Edward W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. A worn and shaken copy of a scarce children's book. Edward Kemble is best known as the first illustrator of Twain's 'Huckleberry Finn'. Original pictorial paper covered boards, lettered cloth spine, complete and fairly sound - very rubbed and scuffed, some staining. Internally the contents are all present but text block/pages are loosening and sometimes frayed at edges. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Not paginated, [58] pages inc. half title, illustrations throughout. Landscape format, approx. size 9" by 12". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; america; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27659. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Steve Liddle
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27659
- Title
- Comical Coons
- Author
- Kemble, Edward W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- BZDB28 negro negroes usa USA children childrens african americans Children; america; Comical Coons Kemble Edward W
Terms of Sale
Steve Liddle
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Steve Liddle
Biblio member since 2009
Bristol, Avon
About Steve Liddle
Full time bookseller since 1982. Bookshops in Bristol and Bath ( as Patterson & Liddle )1982- 2006. Member ABA ILAB PBFA. Regular exhibitor at major UK bookfairs.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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